Which Way Is Up? 47 years old

Which Way Is Up?

Richard Pryor plays three roles - a beleaguered, sex-starved farm worker named Leroy Jones; the farm worker's randy old father Rufus; and the hypocritical town preacher Rev. Lenox Thomas - and Pryor has never been so outrageously funny. The lives and love lives of these three men cross and crisscross as Leroy tries to get his life back on track.

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Which Way Is Up? Cast

Name Character
Joe Turkel He was 50, now 97 years old as Harry Boatwright
Morgan Woodward He was 52, 93 years old when he died as Mr. Mann
Margaret Avery She was 33, now 80 years old as Annie Mae
Richard Pryor He was 36, 65 years old when he died as Leroy Jones/Rufus Jones/Rev. Lenox Thoma
Lonette McKee She was 23, now 70 years old as Vanetta
Kathy Cronkite She was 27, now 74 years old as Photographer
Marilyn Coleman as Sister Sarah

Which Way Is Up? Crew

Name Department
Carl Gottlieb as Writer. He was 39 (now 86) years old Writing
Lina Wertmüller as Writer. She was 49 (now 96) years old Writing
Sonny Gordon as Writer. Writing
Which Way Is Up? poster
Which Way Is Up? (47 years)

  • Release day: Friday, November 04, 1977
  • Runtime: 94 minutes